Access Microsoft Dynamics NAV 5.0 Database from web through
C/Front dll .
Three years back I got a requirement to create approval module
to Customer/Vendor Payments from
Inside as well as outside. Challenge was access from the
outside. I used to cfront dll to do this. In this article I have mentioned how
to change the Native DB Password from outside the NAV.
01 ) I designed below layout.
02) Write the code (C#.Net) inside the btnChangePassword_Click
Event using Microsoft.Navision.CFront
using System;
using System.Data;
using System.Configuration;
using System.Collections;
using System.Web;
using System.Web.Security;
using System.Web.UI;
using System.Web.UI.WebControls;
using System.Web.UI.WebControls.WebParts;
using System.Web.UI.HtmlControls;
using Microsoft.Navision.CFront;
public partial class ChangePassword
: System.Web.UI.Page
{
protected void
btnChangePassword_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
int CT;
int CR;
string NewConPassword;
string NewPassword1;
if (txtNewPassword.Text.Trim() ==
txtConfirmPassword.Text.Trim())
{
NewConPassword = txtConfirmPassword.Text.Trim();
NewPassword1 = txtNewPassword.Text.Trim();
try
{
NavisionNetType NetType;
NavisionDriverType DriverType;
NavisionCode Data;
NavisionText Password;
DriverType = NavisionDriverType.Native;
NetType = NavisionNetType.NativeTcp;
CFrontDotNet.DriverType = DriverType;
CFrontDotNet.NavisionPath =
System.Configuration.ConfigurationManager.AppSettings.Get("NavisionPath");
CFrontDotNet.Instance.ConnectServerAndOpenDatabase(System.Configuration.ConfigurationManager.AppSettings.Get("Database"), NetType, null, 2000, true, false, textUsername.Text.Trim(),
textPassword.Text.Trim());
CFrontDotNet.Instance.OpenCompany("CompanyName");
CT = CFrontDotNet.Instance.OpenTable(2000000002);
CR = CFrontDotNet.Instance.AllocRecord(CT);
CFrontDotNet.Instance.SetFilter(CT,
1, textUsername.Text.Trim());
try
{
if (CFrontDotNet.Instance.FindRecord(CT,
CR, "-"))
{
Data = CFrontDotNet.Instance.GetFieldData(CT, CR, 1);
Password = CFrontDotNet.Instance.GetFieldData(CT, CR, 2);
CFrontDotNet.Instance.CryptPassword(Data.ToString(),
NewConPassword.ToString());
CFrontDotNet.Instance.BeginWriteTransaction();
CFrontDotNet.Instance.SetFieldData(CT, CR, 2, NavisionFieldType.Text, GetBytesByType(NavisionFieldType.Text, NewConPassword.ToString(),
2000000002, 2));
CFrontDotNet.Instance.ModifyRecord(CT, CR);
CFrontDotNet.Instance.EndWriteTransaction();
lblErrorMassage.Text = "Password has been changed";
}
else
{
lblErrorMassage.Text = "Invalid User Id/Password";
}
}
finally
{
CFrontDotNet.Instance.FreeRecord(CR);
}
}
catch(Exception
ex)
{
lblErrorMassage.Text = "Invalid User
Id/Password";
}
}
else
{
lblErrorMassage.Text = "New Password
and Confirm password are miss match";
}
}
03) New function to convert data types.
private byte[]
GetBytesByType(NavisionFieldType type, String value, int
tableHandle, int
fieldNo)
{
switch (type)
{
case NavisionFieldType.Text:
{
NavisionText n = NavisionText.Parse(value);
return n.GetBytes();
}
case NavisionFieldType.Option:
{
NavisionOption n = new NavisionOption(Convert.ToInt32(value));
return n.GetBytes();
}
case NavisionFieldType.BigInteger:
{
NavisionBigInteger
n = NavisionBigInteger.Parse(value);
return n.GetBytes();
}
case NavisionFieldType.Binary:
{
NavisionBinary n = NavisionBinary.Parse(value);
return
n.GetBytes();
}
case NavisionFieldType.Blob:
{
NavisionBlob n = NavisionBlob.Parse(value);
return n.GetBytes();
}
case NavisionFieldType.Boolean:
{
NavisionBoolean n = NavisionBoolean.Parse(value);
return n.GetBytes();
}
case NavisionFieldType.Code:
{
NavisionCode n = NavisionCode.Parse(value);
return n.GetBytes();
}
case NavisionFieldType.Date:
{
NavisionDate n = NavisionDate.Parse(value);
return n.GetBytes();
}
case NavisionFieldType.DateFormula:
{
NavisionDateFormula n = NavisionDateFormula.Parse(value);
return n.GetBytes();
}
case NavisionFieldType.DateTime:
{
NavisionDateTime n = NavisionDateTime.Parse(value);
return n.GetBytes();
}
case NavisionFieldType.Decimal:
{
NavisionDecimal n = NavisionDecimal.Parse(value);
return n.GetBytes();
}
case NavisionFieldType.Duration:
{
NavisionDuration n = NavisionDuration.Parse(value);
return
n.GetBytes();
}
case NavisionFieldType.Guid:
{
NavisionGuid n = NavisionGuid.Parse(value);
return n.GetBytes();
}
case NavisionFieldType.Integer:
{
NavisionInteger n = new NavisionInteger(int.Parse(value));
return n.GetBytes();
}
case NavisionFieldType.RecordId:
{
NavisionRecordId n = NavisionRecordId.Parse(value);
return n.GetBytes();
}
case NavisionFieldType.TableFilter:
{
NavisionTableFilter n = NavisionTableFilter.Parse(value);
return n.GetBytes();
}
case NavisionFieldType.Time:
{
NavisionTime n = NavisionTime.Parse(value);
return n.GetBytes();
}
}
return new byte[] { };
}
protected void
Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
}
protected void
Page_unload(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
CFrontDotNet.Instance.CloseDatabase();
CFrontDotNet.Instance.DisconnectServer();
}
}